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& _; d0 W& w- w+ HFour people were injured in a fire Thursday at the Canadian Natural Resources Limited Horizon oilsands site north of Fort McMurray.
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$ ^# n$ o: Q2 ~ FThree of the four injured were transported to hospital in Fort McMurray in stable condition.
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; J8 Q, r- j& A0 ~One worker was being treated for second and third-degree burns, the most serious types. A second suffered first-degree burns, and a third person had a neck injury. x! g }) v2 p0 |
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The fourth was treated on scene and was to be released.- |" S/ w" \6 k5 |
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"All employees have been accounted for and are in secure locations," CNRL said in a written statement.- f5 Q. g5 { j
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Reports to the Sun about an explosion at the plant started coming in around 3:30 p.m.
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A witness who wished to remain anonymous described the scene as "scary."
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$ _, v w, K. x% [& mAnd a man whose wife works at the plant was concerned for her safety. "It is a ball of fire," said the man, who would not be named.
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, B( _3 U: ]1 l3 q# {5 `) @% a8 yAlberta Environment was notified about the incident.
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Chris Bourdeau, spokesman with Alberta Environment, said the department is "in the information-gathering stage."
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4 N- R# p/ e: uThe fire was located in the upgrader, which converts bitumen into synthetic crude, and the plant was shut down.$ n3 V5 B/ c# a$ h
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By 7 p.m., the fuel source of the fire had been isolated and the fire was contained to the coker area." Q8 j5 U! ?& h0 X! E- Z1 }
- l! u$ i0 V/ G% fAir quality has been reported as good in the area as of 6 p.m. Thursday.! c4 v* B+ z7 ?7 Z0 ~( k2 `
' U' f' q+ z6 ]' r/ L4 GThe Calgary-based company said oil production has been suspended and there is no word as to when it will resume./ M P& W# I. n" D" z' w: u
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"Canadian Natural's first priority is the well-being of our personnel and to safely control the situation," said CNRL in a statement.7 T2 a2 l: p; K- n# \% X7 w# u
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The upgrader is located about 70 km north of Fort McMurray. No site evacuation was required." t( j9 q: v6 S+ \8 x4 ^: _# B
/ `% o3 e$ ~! q8 ?# HHorizon is the newest major mining operation in the oilsands.
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It is impossible to gauge the impact on the company -- or how the incident might affect multibillion-dollar expansion plans for Horizon -- until the extent of the damage is known, said Michael Dunn, an analyst with FirstEnergy Capital Corp.
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A spokeswoman for Alberta's Employment and Immigration department said its officers were on their way to the site to conduct investigation.. d. j5 W. G! }$ G* l) P
9 ]: B" N. Y4 g0 V' C8 }! ~- Z rThe company said air monitoring stations in the area are being checked, with updates available at www.wbea.org.
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5 p! ]8 p" F0 OCanadian Natural, Canada's No. 1 independent oil producer, said earlier Thursday that Horizon's output averaged 83,700 barrels per day in December, down 22% from November, as it shut down the upgrader's coker unit for repairs. The company said it had restarted the unit.
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Fires in the complex upgraders have been relatively frequent. Production at Suncor Energy Inc.'s oilsands project was hobbled when a fire broke out at one of its two upgraders in December 2009. A second unit was damaged in another blaze last February.
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7 o/ \" ^' s/ Q B! A% cHorizon was built during the oilsands rush of the last decade at a cost of $9.7 billion. |
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